Binegar railway station
# Binegar railway station

Binegar railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway in the county of Somerset in England. Opened on 20 July 1874, the station consisted of two platforms, with a building on the down platform. There was a substantial goods yard with two sheds and sidings, controlled from a 24 lever signal box. Being the first station north of the line's summit at Masbury Binegar was also where locomotives used as banking engines on north-bound trains would drop off and cross the line ready to return south.

The station closed to goods in 1963: passenger services were withdrawn when the SDJR closed on 7 March 1966.

## Accident

There were several fatalities in two accidents near this station in the 1880s.

## The site today

The site is now occupied by a large private house.

| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station |
| - | - | - |
| Masbury Line and station closed | Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR and Midland Railways | Chilcompton Line and station closed |
